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Social Video 2025

The Lines Between Social Media and Streaming Continue to Blur

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Social video’s momentum continues as advertisers direct the majority of their social network budgets toward it. Lines are continuing to blur between streaming platforms and social networks, especially as the latter increases its emphasis on video.
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Social video’s momentum continues, signaling just how crucial video has become for social networks big and small. The emphasis on video has put social networks more directly in competition with streaming platforms, further blurring the lines between the two.

Key Question: How can marketers better understand and leverage social video’s rise?

Key Stat: By 2027, we expect US social video ad spending ($84.58 billion) to surpass TV and CTV ad spend combined ($82.72 billion).

This report can help you:

  • Allocate budget for campaigns and develop media strategy (brands, agencies)
  • Develop go-to-market strategy (media platforms)

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    1. Executive Summary
    2. Marketers are investing more ad dollars in social video than TV
    3. Video-first social networks continue to dominate as smaller players play catch-up
    1. The lines between social video, streaming, and YouTube are blurring
    2. Recommendations for marketers
    3. EMARKETER Interviews
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    2. Media Gallery

    Interviewed for This Report

    Gazmend Alushi
    Whalar
    President, Measurement and Analytics
    Interviewed June 9, 2025
    Keith Bendes
    Linqia
    Chief Strategy Officer
    Interviewed June 5, 2025
    Jennifer Quigley-Jones
    Digital Voices
    CEO
    Interviewed June 3, 2025

    authors

    Minda Smiley

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    Rahul Chadha
    Director, Report Editing
    Nikolai Dineros
    Jasmine Enberg
    Vice President and Principal Analyst
    Donte Gibson
    Senior Charts Editor
    Zach Goldner
    Senior Forecasting Analyst
    Vladimir de Leon
    Chart Editor
    Oscar Orozco
    Senior Director, Forecasting
    Sakina Thanawala
    Copy Editor
    Emman Velasco
    Chart Editor
    Paul Verna
    VP, Content
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